Time Trial Discussion

[Lomic]

Do you 'grind' certain races (actually play the game)?

It'd be "actually playing the game" if there was not only 3 events that can get you credits at a rate around 1.5M Cr./hour.

If you need/want credits as fast as possible (which is slow already), you grind the same old 3 events. You can try to add some fun by changing the car but other than that...

So yes, no rentals, if the economy was different, why not. In its current state, I can see how it would be an issue.

 

[SPDN Stefano]

I agree that driving the same race over and over is not much fun. But I don't think the in-game economy is that bad. The most expensive cars are 20 million, which is not an obscene amount considering we earn 2 million every TT. Most circuit experiences earn 1 million, etcetera.

The 'problem' (which is a luxury problem) is that there is a lot of content in this game. But lets not forget that it is not an obligation to collect every obscure car in the game. If there were no rental cars and you wanted to participate in every TT it would just mean you would have to trade cars more.

Having said that I wish this game had an auction house like Forza Motorsport had. You could actually earn credits that way making liveries. On GT7 you can only earn 'likes', which have no purpose.

 

[Jeje6410]

New test today in Fuji and improve my time at 1'49'710

 

[Jeje6410]

Sorry for the following 2 posts !!!! 🤣🤣
Last test today in Fuji with ABS at weak and TC at 0 : 1'49'349

 

[ZevZoq]

I agree that driving the same race over and over is not much fun. But I don't think the in-game economy is that bad. The most expensive cars are 20 million, which is not an obscene amount considering we earn 2 million every TT. Most circuit experiences earn 1 million, etcetera.

Not all of us earn 2M every week from TTs! lol. In fact, statistically speaking only about 10% of us (meaning the general participants in the TTs every week) do. And, it's only 2M per week, so 10 weeks for you to buy that 20M car with TT money if you're good enough for gold every week (and it's important to remember that a lot of players - who paid for the game just like everyone else - aren't). As far as the CEs go, sure...and once you're done with 100% of the single player content in the game you're still left with something over 400 million credits needed to get the remaining cars...or 200 weeks worth of gold TTs.

The 'problem' (which is a luxury problem) is that there is a lot of content in this game. But lets not forget that it is not an obligation to collect every obscure car in the game. If there were no rental cars and you wanted to participate in every TT it would just mean you would have to trade cars more.

The fact that it's not an obligation to collect every car is the "get out of jail free card" for the devs wrt the economy. When you start making it a necessity to own certain cars in order to participate in events things change a bit. They realize that...which is why rentals exist. You can trade cars of course, but that's not a very efficient way to go. You're losing money every time and in the long run just exacerbating the economy issue.

Having said that I wish this game had an auction house like Forza Motorsport had. You could actually earn credits that way making liveries. On GT7 you can only earn 'likes', which have no purpose.

For sure. There should be a market place where you can sell un-wanted engines and parts too.


***all this has been hashed out many times in other threads. Sorry for the OT sidetrack....

 

[Carlos Fandango]

Happy weekend everyone! Had a quick go at Alsace this morning but not really feeling that event anymore, although it would be nice to drop into the 53's... Moved to the new event - stay off the racing line at Fuji?? No problem Sir, I don't think I've ever been on it!

Wet tires, ABS default, and ended up here after the first 100 miles in the car (~28 laps). Quite surprised at the lap time, but only 2 hundredths off my optimal splits so this might be all there is, which is curious as I drifted a little out of the last turn and seemed to bleed off over a tenth to the finishing line. Regardless, lap time is not too shabby at all for the first run, and I'll come back later for another session -

 

[VSpec_R]

 

[snc]

 

[ZevZoq]

Yowza! Managed to crack the gold barrier and get to 2.89% but I knew that wouldn't stand so I kept going hoping for at least another tenth or 2 in my favor but after a bunch more laps I was almost ready to call it when this happened...

Man, what a thrill to round the last right-hander nearly half a second up on my best time and with a blue and improving delta! Dropped 7 tenths in one chunk!